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In this enjoyable editorial Swide magazine takes inspiration from 5 of the most influential queens of Europe from the renaissance and baroque eras, great rulers, known as well for their fashion and beauty statements. Swide’s imagination runs wild and free picturing the Queens dressed in key Dolce&Gabbana Spring Summer 2014 looks. Enjoy!
Catherine Tsarina of Russia, ruler of the great Russian land from 1762-1796
Marie Antoinette, crowned Queen of France and Navarre between 1774-1792
Maria Theresa Empress […]

The search for novelty through the design of unusual and inspiring printings combined with a classical, figure-enhancing, neat cut, made Bashar Assaf’s collection stand out at Dubai Fashion Forward last April.
The story of Bashar Assaf
Settings: Beirut, Nowadays
Leading actor: Beirut based Bashar Assaf is a gifted fashion designer born and educated in Lebanon. After completing his studies at l’ Ecole Supérieure Des Arts Et Techniques De La Mode Bashar started to work as designer and stylist between Beirut […]

When I first bumped into the picture of David Tisdale’s flatware I thought how powerful and inspiring the combination between geometrical, almost minimal design and pop bright colors was. But , above all, since every time I see something beautiful I feel the urge to own it, I pictured myself arranging a stylish picnic, in the sand maybe, right by the sea: lose white linen cloths, pristine porcelain and just that spot of bright , timeless color..
The Picnic Flatware […]

“From one neighborhood to the next, the Parisian knows her way, playful or fatal, now bright, now delicate, always elegant wherever she goes” Cartier Collection book
Settings: Dubai, 15th of May
Main Character: Paris, Paris and Paris again.
Plot: Even Cartier fell into temptation of going back to their archives to conceive a new collection, The “Paris Nouvelle Vague”, presented for the first time in Dubai. The collection places itself in continuity with the namesake collection created in 1999. As […]

The story of “Prada and Martin dress the Great Gatsby” exhibition
Settings: New York (May 1-12), Tokyo (June), Shanghai (July)
Main characters: Miuccia Prada worked with costume designer Catherine Martin, wife of director Baz Lurhmann to provide the set of the Great Gatsby with 40 outfits adapted from the Prada’s archives.
Plot: Prada was approached to collaborate with Martin after several Prada and Miu Miu pieces were inadvertently worn during test scenes – and they were found to work really […]

“I admire more musicians than artists. Jimi Hendrix is my hero, my personal god” Kim Joon (Art Radar Journal)
The story of Kim Joon ‘s Rockers
Settings: Seul, Korea, 2012
Main Character: Well known Korean artist Kim Joon is at the forefront of the new media movement both in Asia and the Western World.
Plot: The Rockers look indeed like fragile porcelain sculptures that could break only by glancing at them. In truth they are digital printings that Kim Joon […]

“Everyone has a favorite era and mine is the old Hollywood glamour of the forties and fifties.” Charlotte Olympia on Vogue
The Story of Charlotte Olympia’s Hollywoodland collection
Settings: Opening of Charlotte Olympia’s new store in Rodeo Drive, early May 2013
Main Character: Charlotte Olympia Dellal, half brazilian, half british shoe designer, launched her first collection in January 2008 becoming a hit among coolest fashionistas in Europe and abroad. Her designs are synonymous with classic sophistication, a bit of humor […]

” I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.” Edgar Allan Poe ,Marginalia
The Story of French April Fools postcards
Settings: France, early years of the 20th Century
Main Character: Depicted in different sizes , colors and postures, fish is the undisputed leading character
Plot: At the beginning of the 20th century it was tradition in France to send postcards on April Fools Day. Cards always featured fish,alone or as part of poetic scenes, with […]

Proust, In Search of Lost Time
The Story of Bergdorf Goodman’ s Spring Windows
Settings: Begdorf Goodman, Fifth Avenue
Main Character: “Great Moments in Literature” spring windows
Plot: There is more to see than to tell about Bergdorf Goodman’s spring windows. Entirely based on classics of our literature, they give an inspiring visual interpretation of masterpieces from Proust, Kafka, Dickens, Orwell and Kipling (featuring a mosaic jungle backdrop). Set during the New York Fashion Week this past February, they aimed […]

“We keep two worlds in mind [art and food] and see where they can cross over.But I don’t ever want to recreate a piece of art. It’s our interpretation of it” Caitlin Freeman (in The Huffington Post)
The story of the Modern Arts Desserts
Setting: San Francisco, nowadays
Main Character: Caitlin Freeman, pastry chef for the Blue Bottle Cafe on the roof top of SFMOMA
Plot: Inspired, nearly obsessed by Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings, Caitlin Freeman became a pastry chef, conceiving […]

«Excess, contrast and alteration, going through the hands of an anarchist upholsterer, bring light to “the good things of bad taste”» (Servomuto blog)
All Saints collection, made of religious holograms and brocade
The story of Servomuto
Settings: Lecce, nowadays
Main characters: graphic designer Alessandro Poli and architect Francesca de Giorgi
Plot: The duo takes inspiration from vintage forms and a privately-owned archive that dates back more than 50 years. By combining the old style design of lampshades with unusual trimmings […]

“To me the scandal is that no fashion magazine did an Amy Winehouse cover. She was so exceptional in her style; how she held her body; the way she dressed, mixing pieces from different decades.” Jean Paul Gaultier in styleite (Jan 2012)
Huge selection of latest fashion shows photos on fashionising
photo sources: fashionising.com, pinterest, zimbio.com […]

I am so intrigued by Lana Del Rey, she is a controversial icon loved and hated at the same time. I love her. Her chic demode’ but obviously super trendy 60’s look is utterly artificial but who cares? she plays it that natural that I would dare compare it to the one of legend BB. May I?
“In the end, I find my influences or inspirations where I can.” Lana Del Rey
girl you’ll be a woman soon
fierce and […]